NIAID announces 25 new awards to develop radiation countermeasures

• Shyam Biswal, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• Nelson J. Chao, M.D., Duke University, Durham, NC
• John R. Fike, Ph.D., University of California San Francisco
• M. Waleed Gaber, Ph.D., and Duane D. Miller, Ph.D., University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
• Juliann G. Kiang, Ph.D., Armed Forced Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, MD
• Elizabeth J. Kovacs, Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago, IL
• James A. Lederer, Ph.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
• David M. Rocke, Ph.D., and R. Rivkah Isseroff, M.D., University of California Davis
• Ping Wang, M.D., Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY
• Hartmut Weiler, Ph.D., Blood Center of Wisconsin, Incorporated, Milwaukee

Through these combined efforts, NIAID and HHS hope to accelerate the development of medical countermeasures against radiation exposure to help the public health community successfully protect and treat people in the event of a nuclear terrorist attack.

NIAID conducts and supports research—at NIH, throughout the United States, and worldwide—to study the causes of infectious and immune-mediated diseases, and to develop better means of preventing, diagnosing and treating these illnesses. News releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID Web site at http://www.niaid.nih.gov.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH)—The Nation's Medical Research Agency—includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov.

Award descriptions can be found on the NIAID Web site under "Expired Opportunities" http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/research/topics/radnuc/funding/expiredOpportunities.htm

News releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID Web site at http://www.niaid.nih.gov.